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Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 1, 2011 a press release
Oregon families pay an extra $1,400 a year on higher insurance premiums to cover those who do not have insurance.
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • February 12, 2011
Dave Hunt
Dave Hunt
stated on December 23, 2010 an e-mail
Says "every school will be negatively impacted" if Education Stability Fund is not tapped.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 7, 2011
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on February 24, 2011 a prepared statement
Americans spend 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax law. It costs us $163 billion to comply with our tax laws annually.
True
By Charles Pope • February 5, 2011
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on January 25, 2011 an e-mail
Says his state budget will "provide an increase in state funding for the 2011-12 school year."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 2, 2011
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
stated on January 20, 2011 a press release
In September, the Department of Business and Consumer Services enacted a sudden 39% workers' compensation premium assessment by rule with little notice to the public.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • January 31, 2011
Suzanne Devlin
Suzanne Devlin
stated on January 19, 2011 a letter to the editor
The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 29, 2011
Victoria Taft
Victoria Taft
stated on December 27, 2010 a website posting
Says a Portland school gives Muslim students "their own school provided prayer room, prayer rugs," and lets them "out of class five times a day to pray to Allah."
Pants on Fire!
By Ian K. Kullgren • January 23, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on January 13, 2011 an article in The Oregonian
A test last month at the MAX station at 162nd Avenue and East Burnside saw crime down 41 percent compared with December 2009
Mostly True
By Janie Har • January 22, 2011
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on November 12, 2010 a radio address
"The incoming Republican freshman class – well, it’s no ordinary group: nearly half of its roughly 80 members have never served in elective office before."
Mostly False
By Charles Pope • January 17, 2011
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on December 21, 2010 Twitter
TriMet is "spending 4.2 million in fed funds to save $168K per year."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • January 15, 2011
Victoria Taft
Victoria Taft
stated on December 22, 2010 a website posting
Portland spent nearly $1 million in federal stimulus money to install bike path signs where they already existed.
False
By Janie Har • January 8, 2011
Mary Olson
Mary Olson
stated on December 8, 2010 in Clackamas County Board of Commissioners hearing
Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and split it up on projects between the county and cities."
Half-True
By Janie Har • December 31, 2010
Rees Lloyd
Rees Lloyd
stated on December 10, 2010 a website posting
Portland Public Schools invites "well-paid, well-fed school bureaucrats, administrators, teachers, other staff, non-needy students, affluent parents of students, and other adults, including on the other extreme the adult homeless, illegal aliens, fanatical Muslim terrorists, or drug addicted street people, to enjoy cheap breakfasts in taxpayer-paid school facilities amidst school children."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 25, 2010
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on December 1, 2010 a city council meeting
Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city.
True
By Janie Har • December 23, 2010
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on November 21, 2010 a website posting
Says Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will "force you to stop using your cell phone" while driving.
False
By Charles Pope • December 18, 2010
Mt. Hood Community College
Mt. Hood Community College
stated on December 9, 2010 the college's website
Mt. Hood Community College is No. 1 on average and top faculty pay and benefits. 
Mostly True
By Janie Har • December 15, 2010
Beaverton
Beaverton
stated on November 23, 2010 a press release
Beaverton "enjoys the most diverse population (by percentage of population) among Oregon cities."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 14, 2010
Oregon Right to Life PAC
Oregon Right to Life PAC
stated on December 5, 2010 a newspaper ad
Oregonians have an "amazing no-cost way to fight abortion" with free political donations
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • December 10, 2010
Randy Leonard
Randy Leonard
stated on December 1, 2010 a city council meeting
Cities like Seattle have decided to ban food carts.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 9, 2010
Beaverton
Beaverton
stated on November 17, 2010 a press release
Last year, Beaverton School District had the highest number of homeless students ever recorded in Oregon. 
False
By Janie Har • December 4, 2010
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